Combined step-ladder and bench.



No. 746,978. 1 PATENTED DEG. 15, I903.

I .0. P. MOHR.

COMBINED STEP LADDER AND BENCH.

UNITED STATES Patented December 15, 1903.

CHARLES P. MOHR, OF FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED STEP-LADDER AND BENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,978, dated December15, 1903. Application filed September 17, 1903. Serial No. 173,616. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. MOHR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Freedom, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and use: ful Improvement in a Combined Step-Ladderand Bench, of which improvement the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incombined step-ladders and benches, and has for its object the provisionof novel means whereby the device may be easily converted from astep-ladder to a bench, or vice versa.

My present invention contemplates to provide a device of theabove-described class that will be extremely simple in construction,strong,durable,comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and highlyefficient in its use.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claim. 7

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device,showing the same set up as a step-ladder. Fig. 2-is-a similar viewshowing the same converted into a bench. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of apart of the bench, showing locked position of one of the yokes in fulllines and its unlocked position in dotted lines. Fig. 4: is a verticalsectional View, partly broken away, showing the connecting straps orlinks in side elevation; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a partof the device in the step-ladder form.

In the drawings the reference-numerals 1 indicate the side bars of theladder, in which are secured the steps 2, and in said sides are formedslots 3 3. The rear support 4 of the ladder forms the top of the benchand has connected thereto straps 5, which are pivotally secured at theirouter ends to the sides 1 and part 4: and at their inner ends arepivoted together, as shown at 6. A support 7, which is suspended fromarms 8, extending through openings 9, in which the same. are pivotallysecured, maybe operated to extend over the rear of the ladder, as shownin Fig. 1, or may be swung downward, as shown in Fig. 2. The legs orsupports 10 of the bench are pivotally secured at 11 and are of the samewidth as the side bars 1 and when the device is converted into a ladderwill occupy the position as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings and remainin this position by means of yokes 12 operating through guides 14, theends 15 of said yokes serving to engage the edges of the side bars ofthe ladder and the sides of the legs or supports, and when the latter isconverted into a bench, as shown in Fig. 20f the drawings, these ends 15are adapted to engage in the slots 3, forming asubstantial support forthe bench. In one leg I provide dowel-pin 16 and form an opening 17 inthe bench for its reception.

The operation of the device is as follows: We will assume the device isin position, as shown in Fig. '1, and in order to convert the same intoa bench the section 4 is folded against the side bars 1 and steps 2, thesupport '7 is swung downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, and the legs orsupports by first releasing the ends of the yokes from engagement willbe permitted to swing around and'securely fasten in position by means ofthe yokes engaging in the slots 3, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. 1When used as a bench, the pin 16 serves to hold the top steady.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved device will bereadily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings. It will be noted that various changesmay be made in the details of construction without departing from thegeneral spirit of m invention. a V

Having fully describedmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isr In a device of the type set forth, thecombinationwith the side bars and the steps carried thereby, of a rearsupport having a movable connection with the said side bars, legspivotally secured at their one end adjacent to the ends of the sidebars, yokes mounted on the said legs, the ends of the yokes being bentinwardly and adapted to engage the side bars when in one position, thesaid ends of the yok es when the legs are in their extended positionadapted to enter slots provided therefor in saidside bars, substantiallyas de- 10 scribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo silbscribing witnesses.

OHARLES P. MOHR.

In presence of GEORGE A. BALDWIN, JEssE S. BARNES.

